You know, I vaguely recall that subject of rotation direction coming up from time to time but whatever the answer was, it was not important enough for me to remember, "However", when jumping from one Helicopter to another such as Aerospatiale, The flight charateristics are the complete opposite. Thus the many emergency procedures would have to be done totally different.

Take a stuck right pedal (tail rotor). You just fly it on down to the runway with significant airspeed touching down similar to a plane. Right before touchdown , you decease throttle and the torque effect brings the front end around straight and you set it down while still controlling direction with throttle while sliding down the runway

I am guessing that doing this same trick in a French bird would only make things worse and you may have to increase throttle to bring it around.

You would be amazed at the countless numbers of Helicopter Pilots are not proficient in emergency procedures. In the military we waste the taxpayers money doing this over and over and "too the ground" so you know what the whole thing feels like. Can't do that in civilian world because "you" have to fix any wear or damage from your own wallet.